Edenwood Duo Catherine Struys * guitar

Wouter Vercruysse * cello

About the duo

United in life, Catherine & Wouter play music together since they met. Last winter they recorded LIstesso Tempo by Nikita Koshkin for auurk records. When they received enthusiastic felicitations from the Russian composer himself, the cellist & guitarist decided to start a professional duo, which they named Edenwood Duo. Besides from Koshkin, they also received support for their initiative from composers as Atanas Ourkouzounov and Armand Coeck.

They play on instruments by Europes top luthiers Viaud & Joie, for which the finest wood was selected.

In Romantico, Edenwood Duo presents music from the last decades originally written for the duo guitar & cello.

With their skills, their instruments and selection of repertoire, they aim to bring the listener for the time of the concert to heavenly atmospheres.

About the musicians

Catherine Struys * guitar

Catherine Struys holds a guitar degree (1st Prize) from the Lige Royal Conservatory of Music where she was under the tutelage of Luc Vander Borght. She studies further with Johan Fostier and Yves Storms while attending master classes of internationally acclaimed artists such as Eduardo Isaac, Susanne Mebes, Oscar Ghiglia, Pablo Marquez, Alvaro Pierri, Hopkinson Smith, Zoran Dukic, Roberto Aussel, and Pavel Steidl.

Her career as a soloist brought her to stages all over Europe: France, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium. She plays also in chamber music with musicians like Stphane Parent (cello - album Amasia released in 2013), Renata Kambarova (flute) and Wouter Vercruysse (cello). Her first album Saudade was released in 2008 and features 20th century Spanish and Latin American works (available upon request).

Since 2014, Catherine Struys is artistic director for the festival Kalidoscope de la Guitare (Rixensart - Belgium). www.catherinestruys.be

Program

Romantico

Ceres A. COECK

Suite n1 for cello & guitar R. BELLAFRONTE

LIstesso Tempo N. KOSHKIN

Suite for cello & guitar A. CHARLTON

Tanzologia A. OURKOUZOUNOV

Wouter Vercruysse * cello

Wouter Vercruysse holds a Master of Music degree with highest distinction for cello at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, where he was under the tutelage of Judith Ermert. Prior to his studies in Ghent, he had the privilege of studying with Jan Van Kelst at the Conservatory of Courtray.Armand Coeck has been Vercruysse's personal mentor, under whose tutelage he has been able to expand his skills as a guitarist, improviser, composer, and chamber musician. Just as well, he has taken masterclasses in cello from Yo-Yo Ma, Alexander Rudin, Alain Meunier, Jean-Guihen Queyras and had chamber music coaching from Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) and Claus-Christian Schuster (Altenberg Trio of Vienna) among many others.

To his credit, he has won first prizes in the Belfius Classics and Rotary competitions and won with the St. George Quintet the chamber music competition Supernova Classics in 2016.

As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed concerts in the world's most prestigious halls: Carnegie Hall of New York, the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, Cit de la Musique in Paris, the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam, and the Bozar Center for Fine Arts in Brussels.

He shared the stage with classical guitarists Catherine Struys, Jan Depreter, Roberto Aussel, Atanas Ourkouzounov and Victor Villadangos among others, and is founding member of Edenwood Duo, Amici della Musica Quartet and the St. George Quintet. In the world music scene he performed with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, Kudsi Erguner and Osama Abdulrasol.

www.woutervercruysse.com

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Concert dates

15th October 2016Cellule 133a Brussels (BE)

8th December 2016Sminaire de Namur - Namur (BE)12nd December 2016Passa Porta - Brussels (BE)26 december 2016Private concert (BE)21 januari 2017Pianofabriek - Brussels (BE)3 april 2017La Marlagne (BE)29 april 2017CC Het Spoor - Harelbeke (BE)7 - 14 juli 2017Festival du Cap Ferret - Cap Ferret (FR)26 juli 2017Zomeravondconcerten - Oostkapelle (NL)12 december 2017Palais des Beaux-Arts - Charleroi (BE)